SRINAGAR, NELHI, (PTK): Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Thursday afternoon, witnessed one of the biggest militant attacks in the history of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in which 49 CRPF personnel were killed. The number of fatalities is expected to rise.
The incident happened at the Pulwama highway at 3:30 PM, when a militant named Adil Ahmad Dar alias Waqas, rammed an explosive-laden Scorpio SUV into the Security Forces’ convoy.
According to data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), a Delhi-based open data source, the number of fatalities in the valley have increased in the last six years after recording a low in the year 2012. It is to be noted, SATP only records killings in cross-border firings and militant encounters and doesn’t compile data for killings during clashes news18 reported.
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